105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — Two Liberal ministers are inviting the NDP Leader to a briefing on carbon pricing so he can “better understand” how it helps fight climate change while putting more money back in families’ pockets. In a letter sent to Jagmeet Singh today, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson say it’s very […]

TORONTO — Strength in energy stocks helped Canada’s main stock index climb higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 16.72 points at 24,050.55. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 424.66 points at 42,599.77. The S&P 500 index was up 7.89 points at […]

OTTAWA — The federal government’s deficit has grown to $7.3 billion so far this fiscal year. The Finance Department’s latest fiscal monitor says the deficit between April and July compares with a $1.2 billion deficit over the same period last year. Revenues during the four-month period increased by $14.9 billion, or 10.2 per cent, from […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial resumed this morning with a brief, emotional exchange during the continued cross-examination of his accuser. The complainant alleges Hoggard raped, choked, slapped and urinated on her in his hotel room after she attended his band’s concert and an after-party in Kirkland Lake, Ont., eight years ago. Hoggard, […]

PICKERING, Ont. — A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality’s integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of “unacceptable behaviour” that risks hurting marginalized members of society. It’s the latest in a […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in July, following essentially no change in June, helped by strength in the retail trade sector. The agency says the growth came as services-producing industries grew 0.2 per cent for the month. The retail trade sector was the largest contributor to overall […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are expected to confirm today that Vince Carter’s No. 15 will be the first number to be retired by the NBA franchise. Carter will attend an MLSE Foundation event this afternoon at the renovated Vince Carter Court at a park in the city’s northwest end. Raptors president and vice-chairman Masai […]

OTTAWA — Current and former officials of Canada’s spy agency are slated to appear today at a federal inquiry into foreign interference. Witnesses include Vanessa Lloyd, the interim Canadian Security Intelligence Service director, as well as David Vigneault, who stepped down from the role earlier this year. Leaks of CSIS information about alleged foreign interference […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial is set to resume today with further cross-examination of his accuser, after several heated exchanges on Thursday. The complainant alleges Hoggard raped, choked, slapped and urinated on her in his hotel room after she attended his band’s concert and an after-party in Kirkland Lake, Ont., eight years […]

TORONTO — One year after Canada launched a voluntary code of conduct on artificial intelligence, tech organizations that signed on say they don’t regret the decision but wouldn’t mind some more company. Cohere, the Toronto AI firm that was the buzziest name among the signatories, sees it as “imperative for everyone to kind of be […]